1939-1974 History of West Africa





Guinea Bissau since 1974



In 1974 Portuguese Guinea (as GUINEA BISSAU) and in 1975 the Cape Verde Islands declared independence from Portugal. The PAIGC, which had organized resistance against Portuguese rule in both colonies, remained the only political organization in both states until the union was dissolved in 1980.
LUIS DE ALMEIDA CABRAL, brother of Amilcar (assassinated 1973) became the first president of Guinea Bissau. The one=party-state was replaced by multiparty democracy in 1991; President JOAO BERNARDO VIEIRA (since 1980) was able to hold on to power in elections. He was ousted by a coup in 1999.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Guinea Bissau, History of, from Infoplease
Links on Guinea Bissau, from UPenn, African Studies and from Africa South of the Sahara
DOCUMENTS Map of Guinea Bissau, from CIA World Factbook
Banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Guinea Bissau Archive, from Africa Online, archive of recent articles
REFERENCE Article : Guinea Bissau, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1976 pp.373-374, 1977 p.376, 1978 pp.418-419, 1979 p.411, 1980 p.414, 1981 pp.413-414, 1982 p.410, 1983 pp.406-407, 1984 p.409, 1985 pp.467, 694, 1986 pp.461, 691, 1987 pp.429, 660, 1988 pp.391, 612, 1989 pp.390, 613, 1990 pp.407, 628, 1991 pp.386-387, 613, 1992 pp.358, 612, 1993 pp.362, 620, 1994 pp.360, 621, 1995 pp.415, 620, 1996 pp.413, 621, 1997 pp.426, 619, 2002 pp.433-434, 623 [G]
Article : Guinea Bissau, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1975-1976 p.1000, 1976-1977 pp.1007-1008, 1978-1979 pp.561-562, 1979-1980 pp.565-566, 1980-1981 pp.562-563, 1981-1982 pp.566-567, 1983-1984 pp.571-572, 1984-1985 pp.571-573, 1985-1986 pp.573-575, 1986-1987 pp.576-578, 1987-1988 pp.582-584, 1988-1989 pp.584-586, 1989-1990 pp.589-591, 1990-1991 pp.589-591, 1991-1992 pp.588-590, 1992-1993 pp.661-663, 1993-1994 pp.666-668, 1994-1995 pp.658-660, 1995-1996 pp.656-659, 1996-1997 pp.599-602, 1997-1998 pp.608-611, 1998-1999 pp.658-661, 2000 pp.760-763, 2001 pp.738-741, 2002 pp.769-772, 2003 pp.771-774, 2004 pp.774-777, 2005 pp.774-777, 2006 pp.770-774 [G]
Article : Guinea Bissau, in : Americana Annual 1976 p.279 (on events of 1975) [G]
Article : Guinea Bissau, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 p.72, 2nd ed. 1978 p.72, 4th ed. 1984 p.72 [G]
Entry : Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Cabinet, pp.44-45; Background Notes : Guinea-Bissau, pp.640-643, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Guinea Bissau, pp.528-531 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]



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